Union’s Petition For Arbitration Surpasses Goal; Council Will Need To Decide On Referendum

OCEAN CITY — Collective bargaining with binding interest arbitration for the resort’s firefighter-paramedics union is back on the table this week after the Board of Elections confirmed the petition met the required number of valid signatures.On Tuesday, the Board of Elections announced through a letter to the Mayor and Council that the Career Firefighter Paramedics… Read more »

Daughters Of The American Revolution Plant Japanese Red Maple On Costen House Museum Grounds

Daughters Of The American Revolution Plant Japanese Red Maple On Costen House Museum Grounds

The General Levin Winder Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) recently planted a Japanese red maple on the grounds of the Costen House Museum in Pocomoke City.  Jacqueline Spurrier, Conservation Committee Vice Chairman, coordinated this Arbor Day beautification project in memory of deceased chapter member Marion Chambers. Pictured, from left, are Carol… Read more »

Things I Like – April 28, 2017

A completed home projectWatching kids celebrate on a sports fieldThat OC added a Boardwalk playgroundSeeing my son break wood in karateDriving on fresh blacktopSunday night at home after a weekend awayA dreary Monday every now and againSports documentariesDinners when everyone in my family eats the same thingSmithsonian magazineWhen a guess is correct

Wicomico Approves $91K Sheriff’s Office Expenses

SALISBURY – The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office will use more than $91,000 in unanticipated revenue to fund unforeseen facility and operational costs.In a legislative session of the Wicomico County Council last week, Capt. Tod Richardson met with councilmembers to outline how the department would allocate $91,514.95 the Sheriff’s Office received from the District of Columbia’s… Read more »

Cops And Courts – April 28, 2017

Cops And Courts – April 28, 2017

Fighting In ChurchOCEAN CITY — Two local men were arrested on disturbing the peace charges last week following a fight over one man’s girlfriend that began in a downtown church and spilled out into the street.Last Thursday, an off-duty Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officer came across one man holding another man on the ground… Read more »